The AMaT Podcast

For episode 21 of The AMaT Podcast, Angela Ward, Dr Mohammed Al-Khalidi, Steve Parker, and Suzanne Henderson discuss AI in Clinical Audit and whether the benefits outweigh the risks.This episode's guests:Angela Ward is the clinical audit and outcomes manager at The London Clinic.Dr Mohammed Al-Khalidi is a Senior Lecturer in Cyber Security and leads the Cyber Security Research Lab at Manchester Metropolitan University’s Department of Computing and Mathematics.Steve Parker is the Technical Director of Meantime IT.Suzanne Henderson is the Programme Manager at Meantime AMaT.

For episode 20 of The AMaT Podcast, Madalina Bleau and Craig Davidson discuss a project they ran which aimed to set standards for implementing NICE compliance.This episode's guests:Madalina Bleau is the NICE Implementation Manager for University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay.Craig Davidson is the Implementation Manager for NICE.

For episode 19 of the Clinical Audit and Improvement Podcast, Anne-Marie Murkett and Katie Juke discuss how audits are managed in a hospice setting and the benefits of a shift in engagement.This episode's guests:Both our guests work at Rainbows, a hospice based in the East Midlands for children, young people, and their families.Anne-Marie is the head of quality, governance and compliance and Katie Jukes is a children’s nurse.

For episode 18 of the Clinical Audit and Improvement Podcast, Isabel Dighero and Molly Nichols discuss the management of suspected ureteric colic in A&E, including how it's audited and how improvements might be made.This episode's guests:Isabel Dighero is a core surgical trainee from Epsom and St Helier.Molly Nichols is a core surgical trainee from Barts Heath. 

For episode 17 of the Clinical Audit and Improvement Podcast, Vicky Barsby, Cassandra Dye, and Neil Jones discuss the processes they went through in order to improve patient care in urgent treatment centres at Derbyshire Community Health Services.This episode's guests:Vicky Barsby is an Improvement, Innovation and Effectiveness Facilitator at Derbyshire Community Health Services. She started her NHS career as the IT clinical systems training team lead and caught the bug for QI and audit when she undertook some service improvement projects. Vicky continues to support staff in her current role so they can go on supporting patients. Cassandra Dye is a data analyst and QSIR practitioner at Derbyshire Community Health Services who started in the NHS as an admin apprentice back in 2010. After an organisational restructure, Cassandra became a Quality Compliance officer before beginning training for her current role. She’s a blackbelt in lean six sigma and works within the Improvement, Innovation, and Effectiveness Team. Neil Jones is the Service Lead for the North Urgent Treatment Centres at Derbyshire Community Health Services. He has 27 years’ experience as a qualified nurse within urgent & emergency care, including Out-of-Hours. Neil is also a Resuscitation Council (UK) Advanced Life Support Provider.

For episode 16 of the Clinical Audit and Improvement Podcast, Madeeha Rahim-Rasool and Angela Ward join Suzanne Henderson to discuss data triangulation and the benefits it can have as well as the challenges involved.This episode's guests:Madeeha Rahim-Rasool is the Deputy Head of Clinical Effectiveness at Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust. She has worked in both Acute and Mental Health NHS trusts, and her experience in Clinical Effectiveness has required her to oversee Trust-wide Clinical Audit planners, support senior directors with strategic work, and support the review of NICE guidelines.Angela Ward is a Clinical Audit and NICE lead at Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust. She’s worked in both Acute and Community NHS Trusts and has helped engage staff with using clinical audit for quality improvement. She’s coordinated local audit plans, managed national project participation, promoted audit for accreditation and managed NICE compliance evidence.Suzanne Henderson is the Programme Manager for AMaT. She was previously the project manager in the Clinical Audit and Effectiveness team at Lancashire Teaching Hospitals Trust. Suzanne had sixteen years' Clinical Audit experience before joining AMaT in 2020 and is a member of the Q Community.

For episode 14 of the Clinical Audit and Improvement Podcast, Mr Oluseyi Harold Ogunfusika, and Mr Tagelsir Saeed look at how clinical audit has influenced the diagnosis of prostate cancer.This episode's guests:Mr Oluseyi Harold Ogunfusika of Kettering General Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust received his surgical training at Obafemi Awolowo University in Nigeria before relocating to the United Kingdom. He's a member of the Royal College of Surgeons and has presented multiple urology audits and quality improvement projects both nationally and internationally.Mr Tagelsir Saeed graduated December 2005 from Omdurman Islamic university and moved to the UK in 2014. He now works as a urology registrar for Kettering General Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.

For episode 13 of the Clinical Audit and Improvement Podcast, Mr Ahmed Arnob, Mr Mohammed Rahman, and Mr Mahabub Hassan discuss responses to Haematuria.This episode's guests:Mr Ahmed Arnob is a Urologist at Kettering General Hospital who is due to start Specialty Training from October 2023 and has designed, implemented and carried out multiple quality improvement initiatives as well as presenting multiple audits and QIPs in Local, National and International settings.Mr Mohammad Rahman is a Urology Registrar working in West Hertfordshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust. Mohammad has also been involved in multiple audit and quality improvement projects and is well used to presenting those at his Trust.Mr Mahabub Hassan is a Urologist Registrar at St. George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and has a great deal of experience in quality improvement projects.